SOMETIMES pictures emerge that catch the nation’s attention and spark shock and outrage.

The images of Anne the circus elephant being beaten and kicked by her Romanian groom were a case in point.

This newspaper has long championed the cause of elephants like Anne and this weekend it seems her ­appalling ordeal may be over. A new life beckons at Longleat Safari Park free from the brutality inflicted upon her by a supposed carer who should be found and prosecuted.